Car-fender.



No. 659,982.- Patented Oct. l6, I900.

J. W. MGKEAN.

CAR FENDER.

(Application filed Feb. 26, 1900.) (N0 Model.)

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CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,982, dated October 16, 1900.

Application filed February 26, 1900. b'erial No. 61565- (No model.)

To (all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WALTER Mo- KEAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Charleroi, in the county of ashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Car-Fender, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved car-fender which is simple and durable in construction, very effective and automatic in operation, and arranged to positively preventan object on the track from getting under the car-wheels.

The invention. consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied to a car-truck, part of which appears broken out. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a like view showing the rack out of mesh with the car-axle gear-wheel, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same with the movable teeth of the rack in mesh with the axle gear-wheel.

The car-fender proper has a front section A and a rear section 13 secured to a bar C, journaled at its ends in hangers D, forming part of the car-truck E, said sections A and B standing at an angle to each other, the section A being normally in an active position over the track close to the top of the rails, and the section B normally standing in a released inactive position, as indicated in Fig. 1.

On the bar 0 is secured a rearwardly-extending rack F, normally out of mesh with a gear-wheel G, secured on the car-axle H, but adapted to be moved into mesh with said gearwheel by a movable tooth I in the form of a blade, secured at its ends to the side bars J of a guard J, extending in front of the crossbar A of the fender-section A, the side bars J of the guard being mounted to slide longitudinally in the cross-bar A. The movable tooth I is mounted to slide, the said tooth I being the lowermost one in the rack F and close to the teeth of the gear-wheel G when the fender is in a normal position; as shown in Fig. 1.

In case an object is on the track and the forwardly-moving car brings the guard in con tact with said object, then the guard moves dt its side bars J slidingin the crossbar A. This rearward m ove m ent of the guard J moves the tooth I in a rearward direction and in mesh with the gear-wheel G, (see Fig. 4,) so that the rotating gear-wheel carries the tooth I downward, and with it the rack F, so as to bring the fixed teeth thereof in mesh with the said gear-wheel G, whereby a swinging motion is given to the rack, and consequently to the bar 0 and the sections A and B of the fender, to swing the front section A in an upward direction into an inactive position and the rear section B down ward and forward into an active positionthat is, directly over the rails. From the foregoing it is evident that the object struck by the fender is prevented by both sections Aand B from pass ing under the car-wheels.

It is understood that the fender is held in its normal position, as described, by the overbalancing-weight of the front section A as long as the guard J is in a forward position, and the fender is immediately moved into an active position when the guard J strikes the object, as then the rack F is moved in mesh with the revolving gear-wheel G for the purpose above mentioned.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, is completely automatic in operation, and arranged to positively prevent an object on the track from getting under the wheels of the car.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A car-fender, having a fender proper mounted to swing, a gear-wheel on the caraxle, and a movable tooth for engaging said gear-wheel and means brought into action by the movement of said tooth for imparting a positive swinging motion to the fender proper, substantially as shown and described.

2. A car-fender, having a fender proper mounted to swing, and having a front and a rear section, said sections standing at an angle to each other, the front section being normally in an active position over the track, and the rear section being normally in an inactive rearward position, and means for imparting a forward swinging motion to the fender proper, to.swing the front section upward and the rear section downward and forward into an active position over the track, substantially as shown and described.

3. A car-fender having a fender proper mounted to swing, and provided with a rack, a guard mounted to slide, and means carried by the guard and arranged for engagement with a movable part carried by the car-truck, to move the rack in engagement with said movable part, and impart a positive swinging motion to the fender proper, substantially as shown and described.

4. A car-fender, having a fender proper mounted to swing, and having front and rear sections standing at an angle to each other, a rack on said fender proper,a gear-wheel rotating with the car-axle and normally out of mesh with said rack, and a guard movable on the front fender-section, and provided with means adapted to mesh with the gear- .wheel on the axle to throw the said rack in mesh with the gear-wheel, substantially as shown and described.

5. Acar-fenderfcomprisinga fender proper mounted to swing, and having a front and a rear section, the sections standing at an angle to each other, a rack on the fender proper, a gear-wheel on the car-axle and adapted to mesh with said rack, and a-guard mounted to slide on the front fender-section, and carrying a movable tooth for said rack, to move the saidtooth in mesh with said gear-wheel and bring the rack into mesh with the gearwheel, substantially as shown and described.

6. A car-fender, comprising afender proper mounted to swing and having a front and a rear section arranged at an angle to each other, the front section being normally in an active position over the track and the rear section normally in an inactive position, a guard mounted to slide on the fender, and means controlled by the movement of the guard'for imparting a swinging motion to the fender proper, to move the rear section of the fender into an active position and the front section into an inactive position, substantially as described.

7. Acar-fender, com prisinga bar journaled at its ends in hangers on the car-truck, a fender proper secured to the bar and having a front and a rear section, the sections standing at an angle to -each other, a rearw'ardlyextending rack secured on the bar, a gearwheel secured on the car-axle, the rack and gear wheel being normally out of mesh, a guard mounted to slide on the front fendersection and carrying a tooth at its rear end in the form of a blade, the said movable tooth constituting the lowermost tooth in the rack and adapted, when the guard is moved rearwardly, to mesh with the rotating gear-wheel, whereby the said rack is carried downward to bring the fixed teeth of the rack in mesh with the gear-wheel, to impart a swinging motion to the bar and the sections of the fender, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH WALTER MOKEAN.

Witnesses:

J. S. STERNER, L. P. FLICKINGER. 

